Partition wall construction



Oct. 3l, 1933. E FLAGG 1,933,476

PARTITION WALL CONSTRUCTION INVENToR wlTNE//ssEs /'izelay ffm BY Wzum/ y 6 ATTORNEY Patented Oct. 3l, 1933 UNITED STATES I 1,933,476 PATENT oFFI yCE 1,933,476 v PARTITION WALL CONSTRUCTION Ernest Flagg, New York, N Y.

Application September 22, 1932 Serial No. 634,408

3 Claims.

The present invention relates to partition walls and it has for its object to produce a relatively thin yet strong partition `Wall which can be eco'- noilnically installed of readily procurable materia s.

To the above ends the present invention consists of a partition wall in which the plaster sup- .port and its anchoring devices vare formed of ordinary metal lathing or similar reticulated matel rials such as expanded metal orwire mesh, with the plaster surfacing smoothly applied to each side and united through the openings, forming a substantially monolithic plaster partition.

The present invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 .shows a Vertical cross section through the partition and illustrating the manner of coating and anchoring the plaster support to the ceiling and floor; I

Fig. 2 vis a front elevation showing the plaster support before the' application of the plaster thereto; n y

Fig. 3 is a view somewhat enlarged, to show one of the anchoring or connecting strips for the.

plaster support.

Similar reference characters will be employed throughout the speciiication and drawing to designate corresponding parts. l

Inthe drawing the plaster support 1 is shown as formed of a plurality of strips of woven wirek mesh lathing, which lathing comes in strips of various lengths andwidths. The plaster support 1 is anchored to the ceiling 2 and floor 3 by angle strips 4which may be cut from the same material of which the plaster support 1 is made or of sheet metal provided with openings, said strips being relatively narrow and of a length corresponding to the length of the partition wall4 to be made, and are bent at 5 forming a horizontal member 6 and a vertical member '7 (see Fig. 3). Theseangle strips are attached to the floor and ceiling respectively, in vertical alignment, by means of screws'or nails 8 which pass vthrough the horizontal member-6 of the angle' strips. The strips forming the plaster support 1 are secured at each end to the members 7 of the angle strips 4 by a lacing 9 which may be of wire or other suitable Inaterial, which lacing is passed thro-ugh the members '7 of the anchoring strips l and through the ends -of the strips forming the plaster support 1 which are laid in contact with the members 7 of the angle strips.

The plaster support 1 is covered with a plasterA or cement coating 10, applied thereto in the usual well known manner and smoothly laid upon opposite sides, and as is well understood, will pass through the open mesh of the supportl, each surface combining and forming practically a monolithic structure. The plaster or cement coating which forms the partition will be apgether by wire or other suitable material, as indicated atA l2. By this vconstruction a very strong and substantial foundation is provided for the plaster covering, and When'the plaster shall have been applied thereto and dried or hardened for a suitable length of time the result will be a substantial partition wall of 'minimum thickness and one that will very materially save space, and one which can be quickly andreadily constructed of available materials and with relativelycheap labor.

What is claimed is: 1

1. A partition Wall comprising a plaster support formed of Wire' mesh or expanded metal extending from floor to ceiling,.anchoring means comprising angle strips, means to connect one member of the angle stripsdirectly to the iioor and ceiling, with the. other member of said strips projecting therefrom, the upper and lower ends of lthe plaster support being laid against and a lacingl passing through the ends of the strips and the projecting member of said angle strips, and a Y comprising angle strips of the same material,

means to connect one member of the angle strips directly to the floor and ceiling, with the other member of said angle strips projecting therefrom; a lacing passing through the upper and lower ends ofthe plastersupport and the pro- `jecting members of said angle strips, and a plaster coating applied to both sides of said plaster support and enclosing the angle members and united therethrough.

3'. A partition wall comprising a plaster support formed of a foramlnous metal sheet extending from floor to ceiling, anchoring means connecting said support directly to the hoor and ceiling, a lacing securing the upper and lower ends of the plaster support continuously tothe f lunited therethrough.

f ERNEST FLAGG. 

